Donating blood/plasmas

[Dan]

[Moshe123]

Anyone else tested by Medrite in Monsey and cares to share the results? Trying to compare my numbers with a comparable case.

[NTorch]

They are doing a drive Sunday in Detroit https://plasma.lrbcol.org/

[Dan]

They are doing a drive Sunday in Detroit https://plasma.lrbcol.org/

Interesting that Detroit got hit so hard and CLE didn't. Any theories?

[NTorch]

Interesting that Detroit got hit so hard and CLE didn't. Any theories?

I recall the week before YT they were predicting that after NYC, the next metro areas which were expecting a spike were Wayne County (MI) and Cook County (IL).

[ari3]

Interesting that Detroit got hit so hard and CLE didn't. Any theories?

Must be all the protestors

[skyguy918]

Very strange. Went to get tested for antibodies at Mt Sinai today. The nurses said all sorts of stuff I didn't expect to hear: If you're positive but your count is low, you'll likely develop more antibodies in the coming weeks. If you've had no symptoms for 2 weeks you're not contagious. If your antibody levels are high enough you're immune and won't get it again. Etc.

Not sure if this just reflects lack of up to date knowledge on the consensus, or the opposite - that they internally feel they've proven these things somehow.

[yesitsme]

Interesting that Detroit got hit so hard and CLE didn't. Any theories?

selfish people live in CLE   

[NTorch]

Very strange. Went to get tested for antibodies at Mt Sinai today. The nurses said all sorts of stuff I didn't expect to hear: If you're positive but your count is low, you'll likely develop more antibodies in the coming weeks. If you've had no symptoms for 2 weeks you're not contagious. If your antibody levels are high enough you're immune and won't get it again. Etc.

Not sure if this just reflects lack of up to date knowledge on the consensus, or the opposite - that they internally feel they've proven these things somehow.

Which location?

[skyguy918]

Which location?

On the campus of the main hospital - the entrance said Center for Advanced Medicine.

[KSMH]

Very strange. Went to get tested for antibodies at Mt Sinai today. The nurses said all sorts of stuff I didn't expect to hear: If you're positive but your count is low, you'll likely develop more antibodies in the coming weeks. If you've had no symptoms for 2 weeks you're not contagious. If your antibody levels are high enough you're immune and won't get it again. Etc.

Not sure if this just reflects lack of up to date knowledge on the consensus, or the opposite - that they internally feel they've proven these things somehow.

Many Dr's say so. Some PPl feel its overly important to be overly cautious. If you're in a high risk group you shall ask your Dr. for his opinion.

[AsherO]

Many Dr's say so. Some PPl feel its overly important to be overly cautious. If you're in a high risk group you shall ask your Dr. for his opinion.

Some people feel

[skyguy918]

This is the paper they hand you. This is obviously not exactly the same as what they were telling us.

[gozalim]

Is mayo giving out titer count?

[KSMH]

Many Dr's say so. Some PPl feel its overly important to be overly cautious. If you're in a high risk group you shall ask your Dr. for his opinion.

Some people feel

This is the paper they hand you. This is obviously not exactly the same as what they were telling us.

And some hospitals feel too.

A person can only be normal, when many Dr's say the same and data indicates so, and your a low risk group, why not listen to medical advice?

[yitz1000]

And some hospitals feel too.

A person can only be normal, when many Dr's say the same and data indicates so, and your a low risk group, why not listen to medical advice?

it's the conventional school of thought when it comes to viruses and immunity but since this is a virus we have never seen before, some are not willing to rely on the norms that we know from other viruses.

[gozalim]

This is the paper they hand you. This is obviously not exactly the same as what they were telling us.

note that they do say for POSITIVE

We are not sure yet wether you can potentially carry the virus and get others around you sick. Please continue to take precautions...

[skyguy918]

note that they do say for POSITIVE

Yup.

Got my result today. Came back negative:

Component   Your Value   Standard Range
COVID 19 ANTIBODY ASSAY REPORT   Negative   Negative
COVID-19 ANTIBODY TITER   CANCELED   
Result canceled by the ancillary.

This despite my wife having tested positive in late March and having fever myself for a few days shortly thereafter. Still waiting on my wife's anitbody test result.

[sillypainter]

2 kids by me have anti bodies. Me, my wife don't have. Go figure.

[NTorch]

2 kids by me have anti bodies. Me, my wife don't have. Go figure.

From anecdotal evidence it seems like younger males are more likely than people in the 30s-50s range to have sufficient antibody presence, regardless of whether the older group tested positive for the virus or even was hospitalized.